1 January

1969: In Boston University’s only game played on New Year’s Day the Terriers lost to host Minnesota-Duluth at the DECC, 5-2, in front of 3,500 fans. The Terriers were a defenseman short for the game, as James Dakin both received a game disqualification in the first game of the series the previous day.

In the first period the Terriers had an early powerplay, but were unable to put the puck in the net. Just 43 seconds after returning to full strength, at 5:14, Minnesota-Duluth took a 1-0 lead when Weil, assisted by Nosan, scored. With the Bulldog’s Nosan in the penalty box BU evened it up, 1-1, on a goal by Mickey Gray, with an assist to Wayne Decker. However, UMD retook the lead a minute later when Krodchuk scored, assisted by Weil and Nosan.

BU’s Bill Hinch was called for hooking at 1:58 of the second, and with just 4 seconds remaining in the penalty Krodchuk scored his second goal of the game, this time assisted by Weil and MacLeod. Then at 11:19 Krodchuk completed a natural hat trick, scoring unassisted to increase Minnesota-Duluth’s lead to 4-1. The Terrier’s closed the gap at 14:48 of the period when Serge Boily scored unassisted to make it 4-2. That was as close as BU was to get, as the Bulldog’s Forbes, assisted by Mahle and Hoene, scored at 18:14 of the second to close out the scoring for the game. BU’s Jim McCann made 27 saves in a losing effort, and UMD’s Resch made 35 saves for the win.

31 December

1994: Boston University won the Mariucci Classic defeating host Minnesota, 4-3, in overtime. Minnesota came out and controlled the first period, but did not get onto the scoreboard until Matt Wright put the puck in the BU net at 9:11. The Gophers scored on the powerplay just under three minutes later to go up 2-0. The Terriers had a great shorthanded opportunity a few minutes later, but did not score. Finally, Jay Pandolfo got one past Gopher Goalie Callinan at 16:56 of the first on the powerplay.

After a scoreless second period the Terriers tied the game at 2-all when Ken Rausch scored at 7:40 of the third. Just 83 second later BU took the lead on a goal by Chris O’Sullivan. However, the Gophers’ Brian Bonin tied the game at 3-all on a shorthanded goal at 14:46. In overtime Ken Rausch scored his second goal of the game and third of the tournament when the Terriers had a three-on-one and Rausch passed to Chris Drury as they entered the zone and Drury passed it back to Rausch, who tipped it into the net past Callinan for the game-winner.

All-Tournament Team

Forward: Chris O’Sullivan, BU; Ryan Kraft, Minn; Brian Bonin, Minn

Defense: Rich Brennan, BU; Dan Trebil, Minn

Goal: Brian Renfrew, WMU

MVP: Chris O’Sullivan

30 December

1971: Exactly five years to the day of their 3-3 double overtime tie, undefeated but once tied Boston University met undefeated Cornell in the championship game of the Syracuse Invitational Tournament. The two eastern heavyweights battled it out in front of 5,234 fans in the War Memorial Auditorium and when it was over the Rig Red emerged victorious, 3-2, despite being outplayed and outskated.

Dave Westner opened the scoring when he scored unassisted on a 30-footer from the edge of the right faceoff circle that beat Terrier goalie Dan Brady. BU continued to pressure in the second and it finally paid off when Guy Burrows, assisted by John Danby, scored a powerplay goal at 9:26 to tie the game. Then just over three minutes later Pete Thornton scored to put the Terriers up 2-1.

It took Cornell only 1:06 to tie the game in the third period as Dave Westner took a pass from Larry Fullan at the blueline, skated to the right faceoff circle and let fly another 30-footer past Brady and into the upper left corner of the net. Big Red goalie Dave Elenbaas denied the Terriers the rest of the way and with just 2:06 remaining thoughts of the 1966 were game likely in the minds of the fans. Cornell made sure there would be no repeat when BU turned the puck over at their own blueline and Bill Hanson took a pass and, with a marvelous display of stick handling dash in, feinted and then scored the winning goal. Elenbaas finished with 30 saves in a winning effort, denying four Terrier powerplays, including a 5-on-3, while Brady had only 11 in a losing one.

After the game Terrier Coach Jack Kelley said, “We’ll see Cornell again before the season is over.” As BU hosted Cornell in a scheduled game later that season it was not a prediction, but the two teams did meet up for the ECAC and NCAA titles in March. In a reversal of the 1966 season, Cornell was the #1 seed for the ECAC Tournament and BU defeated them, 4-1, in the ECAC championship game. A week later in the NCAA championship game the Terriers shutout the Big Red, 4-0.

The All-Tournament team was composed of forwards John Danby (BU), Dave Westner (Cornell) and Doug Peltier (Minnesota), defensemen Ric Jordan (BU) and Ron Simpson (Cornell) and goalie Dave Elenbaas (Cornell). Dave Westner was also named the tournament MVP.

1975: Boston University won the 600th game in the program's history. The Terriers defeated Pennsylvania, 4-2, in the Great Lakes Invitational consolation game at the Olympia in Detroit, MI. Terry Meagher, Mike Fidler, Rick Meagher and Bill Buckton all scored for the Terriers in the victory.

29 December

1971: Boston University meet Minnesota in the opening game of the Syracuse Invitational Tournament at the Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium. Despite being 2-9, the Gophers gave the 7-0-1 Terriers all they could handle, taking BU to double-overtime, before bowing, 4-3.

The first period was scoreless, but not without action, as BU outshot Minnesota 18-7. Gopher goalie Brad Shelstead continued to stop everything the Terriers threw at him in the second, keeping BU off the scoreboard as Minnesota struck first on a fluke goal at 8:23 the period. Gopher Bruce Carlson, flat on the ice, stuck out his stick and lofted the puck towards the Terrier net. The puck bounced off defenseman Bob Murray’s chest and past BU goalie Dan Brady into the net. Just under two minutes later Terrier Steve Dolloff won a faceoff to the left of Shelstead, skated across the front of the net and deposited the puck into the corner of goal to tied the game at 1-all.

The Gophers retook the lead 33 seconds into the third when Doug Peltier got control of a bouncing rebound and jammed home a short shot from close in front of the BU goal. Dolloff tied the game again at 6:19 when he took a center pass from Pete Thornton and scored his second goal of the night. At 11:55 Minnesota yet again took the lead. Mike Polich tipped in a shot from Dean Blais on the point while on the powerplay. With time running out on the Terriers Dave Wisener stole the puck at the Gopher blueline and fed it to Don Cahoon. Cahoon skated in alone and sailed a 20-footer past Shelstead’s stick side to tie the game, 3-3, with 52 seconds left in regulation. After a scoreless first overtime Terrier Captain John Danby ended it just 47 seconds into the second overtime when he took a pass from Ric Jordan, skated in on Shelstead and shot a 30-footer into the net on the short side, under the Gopher’s glove.

Shelstead was sensational all night long, making 45 saves, including stoning Danby on a breakaway earlier in the game. Brady earned the win for the Terriers, making 21 saves for the game.

28 December

1991: Boston University played its second triple overtime game in nine months, this time in the first round of the Auld Lang Syne Tournament. The result of this game was more to the liking of the Terriers, as they defeated Vermont, 3-2, at Thompson Arena on the campus of Dartmouth in Hanover, NH.

The Terriers opened the scoring at 14:14 of the first on a powerplay goal. Doug Friedman picked up the rebound of a David Sacco shot in close and put it past Christian Soucy. Excellent defense and goaltending kept the game 1-0 until midway through the game. Vermont tied it when Rob Pattison redirected a Brendan Creagh shot past Derek Herlofsky at 11:55 of the second. Then with just 32 second left in the period the Catamounts took the lead when Bill Lincoln redirected a blue line slapshot by Aaron Miller.

Jon Pratt tied it at 2-all just 3:51 into the third period when he was setup by Ken Rausch and Adrian Aucoin and rammed home a rebound from point-blank range. Both teams had good scoring chances the rest of the period, but Herlofsky and Soucy turned aside every shot on net. A five-minute overtime was played and when the score remained tied new ice was made and the teams came back for a ten-minute overtime, which also failed to produce a winner. Finally, in the third overtime Rausch, playing his first game for the Scarlet and White, stole the puck from a Catamount defenseman and made a perfect pass to Pratt, who put it into the net on an eight foot backhander over a sprawling Soucy 7:22 into the period.

I usually do not to make personal comments, but this time I will make an exception. I was at this game and Ken Rausch immediately became my favorite Terrier as I watched him play and he remained so for the next three-and-a-half seasons.

27 December

1952: In front of 3,382 fans Harvard downed Boston University, 7-4, at Boston Arena to win the first Beanpot. Boston University outshot Harvard 40-28, but Crimson goalie Brad Richardson made 36 saves, 16 in the first period. BU’s Paul Kelley had 21 saves for the game. George Chase scored the only goal of the first, unassisted, at 15:25. In the second Harvard took control as they scored 3 more times to BU’s one, for a 4-1 lead after two. Walt Greeley, with an assist to George Chase, scored just 26 seconds into the second give the Crimson a 2-0 lead. The Terriers cut the lead in have on an unassisted goal by Tony Cicoria at 11:34, but Harvard regained the 2 goal lead 2:28 later on Greeley’s second goal of the game, this one unassisted. Harvard upped the lead to 4-1 on Douglas Manchester’s unassisted score at 17:51.

The third period saw another six goals scored, three for each team. BU’s Mario Zanetti, with an assist to Paul Whalen, made it 4-2 just 4:21 into the final period, but Harvard got it right back when Edward Bliss, assisted by John Bray, scored at 5:45. Then Greeley completed his hat trick at 8:36, with an assist to Amory Hubbard to make it 6-2 for the Crimson. The Terriers continued to scrap away and Whalen, assisted by Ray Kelley, scored at 14:41 and Dick Rodenhiser scored unassisted at 19:03 to make it 6-4. It was as close as BU could get, as Hubbard, assisted by Greeley, scored at 19:54 to make the final score 7-4.

The All-Tournament Teams were (points in parentheses):

First Team

Goal – Ray Picard, NU (26)

Defense – Jeff Coolidge, HU (23); Bob Kiley, BC (21)

Forward – Dick Rodenhiser, BU (30); Bob Babine, BC (28); Walt Greeley, HU (28)

Second Team

Goal – Brad Richardson, HU (22)

Defense – Len McNamara, NU (17); Richard Lee, BU (16)

Forward – Dick Clasby, HU (18); Wimpy Burnett, BC (17); Ed Hubbard, HU (14)

and

Most Valuable Player – Walt Greeley, HU

1973: In the first game coached by new Head Coach Jack Parker, Boston University defeated Dartmouth, 3-1, in the first game of the three-night RPI Tournament at Houston Field House in Troy, NY. Dartmouth scored just 18 seconds into the game as Dave Dunbar put the puck past Terrier goalie Ed Walsh. BU responded by an all-out assault on the Big Green’s net, peppering Dartmouth goalie Chuck Walker with shots. Pete Marzo finally got one past him, assisted by Terry Meagher and Vic Stanfield, at 12:25 of the first period. However Walker was outstanding in the first and made 24 saves, to Walsh’s 5, to keep the game tied 1-1 after one.

In the second period Bill Buckton scored, assisted by Bill Burlington and Peter Brown, at 2:44 to give BU the lead. The Terrier assault lessened slightly in the second, but Walker was again outstanding, making another 19 saves, to 9 for Walsh. In the third period it was a much more even affair as Dartmouth was finally able to apply pressure on BU, but the only goal in the period was scored by Buckton, once again assisted by Brown and Burlington. For the period Walker made another 19 saves while Walsh made 15 for BU. For the game Walker made 62 saves to keep Dartmouth in the game and Walsh made 29 saves to earn Coach Parker his first win.

26 December

1952: In front of 5,105 fans Boston University defeated Northeastern, 4-1, in the first game ever played in the New England Invitational Hockey Tournament, soon to be known as the Beanpot, at the Boston Arena.

Northeastern came into the game with a 5-1-1 record and was backboned by goalie Ray Picard and defensemen Len McNamara and Buddy Purcell. However, they lacked depth and speed and were further weakened as several players had the flu. Picard kept the Huskies in the game in the first, making 18 saves, but the Terriers finally broke through when Dick Rodenhiser scored at 16:33 of the period on Dick Lee’s rebound during a 4-on-4. In the second BU increased the lead as Paul Whalen took a pass from Lee and skated in alone (and obviously offsides according to reports) on Picard, beating him to the left side at 14:25 of the period. John Burns made it 3-0 just over two minutes later. In the third period Rodenhiser passed the puck out from behind the net to Jerry Denning who put it in the net to make it 4-0. The Huskies’ John Campion fed the puck to Dick Smith all alone in the Terrier zone to close out the scoring with 58 seconds left in the game. Picard ended the game with 31 saves, while BU’s Paul Kelley had 17 saves.

1955: Boston University routed Providence, 14-3, in the opening game of the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament. The game was marred by an eight-minute fight, termed the worst in the history of the Arena, which took three policemen and both coaches to break up. The melee started with 2 minutes remaining in the second period when the Terriers’ Jack Murphy and the Friars’ Rod Gorman tangled after Murphy’s stick caught Gorman in the seat of his pants following a faceoff. Both teams joined in and when it was all over six players were ejected; both starting goalies, PC’s Ed Hornstein and BU’s Ralph Vito, along with Friars Gorman and Ray Blanchette and Terriers Murphy and Tony Cicoria. BU led 7-3 at the end of the second period and the loss of Hornstein was a fatal blow to the Friars. Without him in goal the Terriers made the game even more one-sided, as they scored seven more times in the third.

Note

Long time readers of the USCHO Fan Forum may notice that many of my posts going forward were originally posted on an On This Date in College Hockey thread that I started there many years ago. That thread never flourished, with others adding regular posts from different teams, as I had hoped. When I was asked to do this blog I agreed only because I had already written a number of such posts for USCHO that I planned to post here. Hopefully even those who may have read them previously will enjoy reading them again.

25 December

Boston University has never played on Christmas day.

24 December

Boston University has never played on Christmas Eve.

23 December

1924: The Terriers defeated their archrivals, the Boston College Eagles, 1-0, at Boston Arena. Charles Viano scored the only goal of the game at 1:43 of the second period on a long shot that eluded Jack Fitzgerald, the Eagle’s star goalie. The Eagles outplayed the Terriers throughout the game, especially in the third period, but goalie Don Martin stopped all 82 shots the Eagles put on net--still an all-time BU record. It was both Boston University’s first shutout and first win against Boston College, after losing the first four games in the series.

1973: Boston University named Jack Parker the 10th head coach of the men’s ice hockey team.

22 December

1948: Boston University crushed Colby, 11-0, at Boston Arena. Twelve Terriers figured in the scoring, lead by Jack Clopeck who had a hat trick, including the game-winning goal, and Ed Cahoon, who had 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points. Joe Czarnota scored twice, while Don Cleary scored once and added 2 assists for 3 points. Walt Anderson, Jerome Gleason and Carl Wennberg each scored a goal, while Irving Haynes had 3 assists, Dana Hixon and Bill Kirrane each had 2 assists and William Jurgelevich and Lloyd Robinson each had one assist. In net Dick Bradly played the first two periods and earned the win before being relieved by Larry Beecher for the third period.

21 December

1971: Boston University defeated Northeastern, 4-1, in the semifinal of the ECAC Christmas Tournament at Boston Garden in front of 2,602 fans. The Terriers pressured the Huskies in the first period, putting 16 shots on net, but they were unable to get the puck past Dan Eberly. BU continued its relentless attack in the second, putting 21 shots on net, beating Eberly four times. Guy Burrows started the scoring just 1:34 into the period, with assists going to John Danby and Bob Gryp. Ric Jordon, assisted by Danby and Bob Brown, scored on the power play at 7:08 to double BU’s lead. With 4:02 left in the period Danby, assisted by Gryp and Burrows, scored another power play goal to make it 3-0. Less than a minute later, Paul Giandomenico, assisted by Peter Thornton and Steve Dolloff, scored to give BU a 4-0 lead after two. The Terriers let up in the third and Northeastern was finally able to get a goal when Allan Dunkle scored on the power play at 4:43. It was a quite night for the Terrier goalies, as Dan Brady made just 11 saves in the first two periods before being relieved by Tim Regan, who made 12 saves in the third. Meanwhile, Eberly was busy in the Huskies’ net, making 43 saves for the game.

20 December

1966: Boston University defeated Clarkson, 3-2, in the championship game of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York. After a scoreless first period BU struck just 53 seconds into the second period when Mike Sobeski beat Clarkson goalie John Miller. Less than 7 minutes later, the Terriers doubled their lead when Charlie Morgan scored. However, 2:04 after that the Golden Knights made it a one goal game again when Tom McCabe scored on the power play. After killing off another penalty BU made it 3-1 when Herb Wakabayashi scored with 3:45 left in the period. In the third Ernie Reynolds scored another goal for Clarkson with just under 5 minutes left in the game. However the Golden Knights were unable to tie the game as Wayne Ryan held them off for the win. For the game Ryan made 36 saves while Miller made 27 saves for Clarkson.

19 December

1966: Boston University out-slugged Minnesota in the semi-finals of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning 8-5. The Golden Gophers came out strong in the first period, outplaying the Terriers and out shooting them 16-5. However Minnesota was only able to get one goal in the period when Peter Fichuk beat Wayne Ryan with 5:23 left in the period.

In the second BU played Minnesota evenly as the two teams both put 10 shots on goal. The difference was that the Terriers put 4 goals in the net to 2 for the Golden Gophers, giving BU a 4-3 lead after two. Pete McLachlan scored for BU just 3:01 into the period on the powerplay to tie the game at 1-all. Juts over six minutes later Minnesota took their last lead of the game when Charles Norby scored on the powerplay to make it 2-1. Just 60 seconds after that Bill Hinch scored unassisted to tie the game at 2-all. Then just over 3 minutes later, with time running down on another BU powerplay Brian Gilmour scored to give the Terriers their first lead of the game, 3-2. Minnesota responded just 1:43 later when Gary Gambucci scored to tie the game at 3. Then with 60 seconds left in the period Mickey Gray gave BU the lead for good when he scored on another powerplay.

The Terriers took control in the third and cracked the game wide open with 4 straight goals, before Minnesota scored 2 late. Minnesota had a great chance to tie the game early in the third when Jack Parker went off for hooking 2:42 into the period. The Golden Gophers were unable to get the puck past Ryan and, just 9 seconds after the penalty had expired, Gray scored his second straight goal. Less than four minutes later, he completed his hat trick and, at 11:33, he scored his fourth consecutive goal (all three in the third assisted by Herb Wakabayashi and Serge Boily). Less than 2 minutes later Charlie Morgan scored BU’s last goal of the game before Richard Paradise and Dennis Zacho scored goals for Minnesota late in the period. Ryan played well in net, making 36 saves, while Gopher goalie Peterson did not, making just 21 saves.

18 December

1925: Boston University shut out Harvard, 3-0, at Boston Arena to earn the Terriers' first victory against the Crimson in any sport. Goalie Don Martin, who had led the Terriers to their first victory over Boston College (1-0) the preceding season, duplicated the effort to lead the Terriers to their first victory over Harvard. This time, Martin had more room for error as center Chester Scott scored twice and right wing Ovila Gregoire scored once. However, none was needed as he earned the first Terrier shutout against the Crimson.

17 December

1940: Boston University beat Harvard, 7-3, at Boston Arena for only the third time in 19 games since series began 19 years earlier. Terrier center Paul Brown had a hat trick, including the game-winner, plus an assist for a 4-point night. John Chambers, his right winger, added 2 goals and assisted on 2 others for a 4-point night of his own. And Bud Hines, Brown’s left winger, scored a goal of his own and assisted on 4 others for a 5-point game. Defenseman Bill Shoemaker scored the other BU goal while Harry Sullivan earned the win in net.

16 December

1933: Boston University gave Princeton all they could handle, as the Terriers took the Tigers to double-overtime before succumbing, 5-4, at Hobey Baker Rink. Russell Smith scored twice for the Terriers and added an assist for a 3-point game. Future Olympians John Lax and Paul Rowe both scored goals for BU, while Lax also earned an assist.

15 December

1948: In yet another non-competitive game between long-time opponents, Boston University crushed M.I.T., 10-3, at Boston Arena. BU forward Bob Bell had a career night as he had a hat trick and also added an assist for a 4-point night. Star Terrier center Ed Cahoon scored twice, while Jack Clopeck, Joe Czarnota, Irving Haynes, Bill Jurgelevich and Carl Wennberg all scored once. In net Ike Bevins started and played two periods before being relived by Dick Bradley for the third period.

14 December

1928: Boston University shut out Brown, 4-0, at Boston Arena. Terrier left wing Richard Lombard was the star of the game with a hat trick, along with an assist for 4 points. Right wing Holmes Whitmore scored the game’s only other goal and added an assist, while center Paul Bergholtz chipped in with an assist. In net Sydney Silberberg and Burton Grodberg combined for the shutout. Starting goalie Silberberg made 23 saves in 2-and-½ periods and got the win, while Grodberg made 3 saves in relief.

13 December

Two-time defending national champion BU, winner of six of its first seven games, traveled to Lynah Rink in Ithaca for a matchup with Cornell, the team the Terrier had beaten in both the ECAC and NCAA finals the previous spring. With a nearly all-new cast following graduations and several pro defections, BU trounced the Big Red 9-0 with sophomore forward Dick Decloe netting a hattrick and goalie Ed Walsh stopping 13 shots.

A week later, the ECAC began investigating eligibility issues concerning Decloe--at the request of Cornell's athletic director. Eventually, Decloe was declared ineligible by the ECAC because, unbeknownst to him, his junior team in Canada had paid a local school tax of $132 after he had taken other precautions to protect his eligibility. BU was forced to forfeit the victory over Cornell and ten other wins in which Decloe had played.

“The Decloe Affair” caused a stir and outrage in the college hockey community. For further details, see Sports Illustrated’s Feb. 19, 1973 “Scorecard.” And read “The Game That Never Was,” a feature article written for The Terrier Hockey Blog by Dave Warner, a defenseman on three Terrier teams, including the ’71 and ’72 NCAA champs.

12 December

1949: Boston University defeated long-time rival M.I.T., 11-1, at Boston Arena as Jack Garrity scored 6 goals and added 2 assists to tie the all-time Terrier record for points in a game. His 8 points tied the record set by former Terrier great Gerry Desrosiers against Middlebury on 11 February 1937 and tied by John Chambers on 7 January 1941, also against Middlebury.


Garrity opened the scoring at 4:25 of the first period on an unassisted goal and then earned his first assist of the game on Jack Martin’s goal just 37 seconds later. The Terriers struck again when Irving Haynes scored, assisted by Ed Cahoon at 10:45. Garrity, this time assisted by Dick Kelley, scored his second of the game just 19 seconds later to put BU firmly in control. He completed his hat trick with 50 second remaining in the first period on another unassisted goal.


Garrity scored the only two goals of the second period, the first on an assist from Kelley at 12:56 and the second unassisted 1:37 later. The two goals gave Garrity four consecutive goals in the game, a rare feat. His bid for five consecutive goals was denied by his teammate Lloyd Robinson, who scored at 10:14 of the third, with an assist going to Bill Downing. Garrity completed his double hat trick 2:42 later on another assist from Kelley.


M.I.T. finally got a goal when Les put the puck past Ike Bevins at 13:12 of the third, just 16 seconds later, to break Bevin’s shutout bid. However, any boost the Engineers may have gotten from the goal lasted only 20 seconds, when Martin scored his second goal on Garrity’s second assist and eighth point of the game. Robinson closed out the scoring at 15:54 on the fourth unassisted goal of the game.

11 December

1937: Boston University defeated Princeton in dramatic fashion, winning 5-4 in overtime at Hobey Baker Rink. It was the Terriers’ first victory against the Tigers since the two teams first met on 21 December 1923, a span of 11 games over 14 years. BU’s top line of Captain Gerry Desrosiers, Al Carvelli and Albert Woodward--which led the nation in goals with 61 in 15 games-- provided all the scoring. The speedy right wing Desrosiers had a goal and 2 assists, while right wing Woodward had 2 goals and 1 assist, as did center Carvelli, who also got the game winner in the 10-minute regulation overtime period. In the Terrier net Robert Colburn was spectacular, making 40 saves to win the game for BU.

10 December

2002: Boston University defeated Rensselaer (formerly RPI) at Houston Field House, 4-1. After a scoreless first period Frantisek Skladany scored at 2:18 of the second assisted by Ken Magowan and Ryan Whitney to stake BU to a 1-0 lead. That lead held up until 15:24 of the period when RPI’s Kevin Croxton scored a powerplay goal to tie the game up. However, the Terriers regained the lead for good just 42 seconds when Mark Mullen put the puck into the net past Engineer goalie Nathan Marsters. Midway thru the third period Matt Radoslovich increased the lead to 3-1 and Justin Maiser closed out the scoring with 2:30 minutes left in the game. Marsters finished with 19 saves while BU goalie Sean Fields made 24 saves.

9 December

1955: Boston University defeated Harvard, 4-3, in overtime at Boston Garden. It broke a 6-game losing streak and 7-game winless streak for the Terriers against the Crimson over the previous three seasons. Captain Jack Murphy scored the game winner just 32 seconds into overtime to give BU the win. The Terriers forced the play for most of the game and head leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 before Harvard’s Ed Owen tied the game for the third and final time in the second period. Crimson goalie Chuck Flynn was outstanding and kept Harvard in the game as he made 41 saves before letting in the winning goal. The game started out fast as both teams scored twice in the first period for a 2-2 score after one. Scoring got harder after that as each team scored just one in the second and were held scoreless in the third period.


1992: Boston University defeated Boston College, 7-4, at Walter Brown Arena and ended a 5-game winless streak (0-4-1) against the Eagles. Although none of the 3,421 in attendance knew it at the time, it was a harbinger of the Terriers most successful winning streak against the Eagles to date, as BU won 13 straight games against BC, not dropping a point until a 4-4 tie at Conte Forum on 12 January 1996. The Terriers then won the next two games before finally losing to the Eagles, going 15-0-1 over that span.


The Terriers started off fast, as Jacques Joubert scored on the powerplay just 1:43 into the game with Jay Pandolfo getting an assist. A little less than five minutes later the Eagles got the equalizer on a goal by John Joyce, but just 78 second later Co-Captain Kevin O’Sullivan, assisted by Petteri Koskimaki and Mike Bavis, put BU ahead again, 2-1. The Eagles evened the score 2-all at 4:34 in the second when Joyce scored his second goal of the game shorthand. Midway through the period Co-Captain David Sacco, assisted by Mark Bavis, gave the Terriers the lead for good when he put one past BC goalie Josh Singewald. Late in the period Rich Brennan and Jon Jenkins assisted on Jon Pratt’s goal to give the Terriers a 4-2 lead after two.


Stephen Foster scored the eventual game-winning goal 3:41 into the third on an unassisted play. At 7:56 Ron Pascucci scored unassisted on the powerplay for BC to make the score 5-3. Marc Beran cut the Terrier lead to one 2:07 later on an unassisted the Eagles second shorthanded goal of the game. With just 2 minutes left in the game Steve Thornton scored unassisted to give BU a 2 goal lead and Sacco, assisted by Mark Bavis and Kaj Linna, scored an empty net goal 53 second later to ice the victory. For the game Singewald made 30 saves for the Eagles and Derek Herlofsky made 22 for the Terriers.

8 December

1976: After losing their first five games of the season (2 to Bowling Green and 1 each to Providence, Dartmouth and New Hampshire) and being outscored 30-15, the Terriers desperately needed a win. It was not easy as Harvard gave BU a fight, but the Terriers finally emerged from Watson Rink with a hard won 3-2 overtime win.


Dave Silk, Bob Boileau and Tony Meagher scored for BU, while both Mike Eruzione and Bill O’Neill had 2 assists and Marc Hetnik and John Fox each had one. After making 41 saves in a losing effort in his first start just four days earlier, Jim Craig made 23 saves for his first win as a Terrier.

7 December

1957: Boston University sported a surprise in sophomore goalie Bill Tansey. His excellent work in goal coupled with the scoring of sophomores Bob Marquis and Dave MacLeod paved the Terriers’ way to an impressive 6-3 win over favored Harvard. The Crimson controlled the first period, leading 2-0 on goals by Lyle Guttu and Bob Higgenbottom. For the period Tansey turned aside 15 Harvard shots while Crimson goalie Don Cleary faced only 5 and saved them all.

However, the Terriers dominated the rest of the game. Marquis scored the first BU goal at 7:12 of the second. Tony Cicoria tied the game at 2-all on an unassisted effort at 13:27 followed closely by Dave MacLeod’s go-ahead goal giving BU the lead, 3-2. Harvard’s Bob Cleary evened the score for less than a minute late in the second before Marquis and Sarge Kinlin scored only seconds apart to put the Terriers ahead for good. Dave MacLeod closed out the scoring potting his second goal of the evening with just seconds remaining in the game.

6 December

1961: Boston University defeated Yale, 4-3, at Boston Arena to win back-to-back games for the first of only two times for the 1961-62 season. Yale took a 2-0 lead after one on goals by David Miles midway through the period and Stephen Ripley with just 2 seconds left in the period. BU returned the favor in the second as they evened the game at 2-2 with the help of the Eli. The Terriers got on the scoreboard on a powerplay goal by Alden Sampson, with an assist to Bob Smith at 14:26. They then tied the score with 1:58 left on another powerplay goal, this one by Smith, assisted by Pete Fitzgerald and Leonard Homes.

The Terriers finally took the lead at 12:21 of the third on a goal by Francis McFaun, assist by Jim Higgins. The Eli did not quit and tied the game up at 17:03 on a goal by Coleman Burke, assisted by Ripley. Ninety seconds later, with regulation winding down, Don Gougen scored the game winner, with assists going to Alan Fuller and Smith. Scott Nelson made 28 saves for Yale while Glen Eberly made 32 for BU.

5 December

1949: Boston University pasted Tufts, 12-2, at Boston Arena in their season opener. Jack Garrity, the Terrier’s all-time single season scoring leader, started off his record setting season with a roar as he scored 4 goals and assisted on another.  The “super-sensational” sophomore centered an all-sophomore line, which included wings Dick Kelley and Jack Martin. Besides setting BU’s single season scoring record Garrity also set national goal and scoring records for the season.

4 December

1925: The college hockey season in Boston opened at the Arena as Boston University defeated their cross-river rivals, M.I.T, with the BU Band going at its best. The first period resembled a scrimmage more then a hockey game and both goalies had quiet sessions in net. John Lawless got the Terriers on the board first, but Tech evened the score later in the period when Weissnar followed up on Randall’s shot and put the puck past BU goalie Don Martin.

The Terriers outplayed M.I.T. in the second period as its passing game was better timed and the Engineers could not stop them. Ovila Gregoire gave BU the lead for good when he followed up on a long shot and caught Tech goalie Deignan trying to sweep the puck away from the front of the net. Deignan stopped the next four shots before the puck whizzed past him on a shot by Gregoire from nearly center ice. Terrier captain Rod Ling scored BU’s fourth goal when he snapped the puck between Deignan’s legs from scrimmage in front of the net.

M.I.T. put an extra man on the forward line in the third period while Richards was given an opportunity to show his stuff, as he replaced Deignan in net. These changes held off the Terrier except when Gregoire and Julian Kontoff beat Tech’s forward line, got by Crandall on defense and put a pair of shots on Richards that he saved before Kontoff put the puck past him while he was sprawled on the ice.

3 December

1988: Boston University defeated the University of Michigan, 9-3, in the first meeting between the two in a decade, the first in Boston in 23 years and the first ever at Walter Brown Arena in front of 3,064 fans. The Terriers went 6-for-12 on the powerplay, including two 5-on-3s, while the Wolverines were held to 1-for-7. John Bradley made 27 saves for BU while Warren Sharples made 42 saves for Michigan.

The Terriers took a 2-1 lead after one period as Shawn McEachern scored twice, both assisted by Dave Sacco and Mike Kelfer, around Todd Brost’s score for the Wolverines. Michigan’s Mike Moes tied it up early in the second period before Kelfer and Joe Sacco scored 25 seconds apart in the middle of the period to give BU the lead for good.

Kelfer scored again 2:30 minutes into the third period before BU exploded for 3 goals by Tom Dion, Mike Lappin and David Tomlinson in 3:14 midway through the third. Billy Jaffe tallied the Wolverine’s final goal late in the third before Ian Woods closed out the scoring 1:02 later with just 68 seconds remaining in the game.

2 December

1957: The Terriers opened the season with an 8-2 rout of Northeastern at the Arena. Jack Carruthers led the way for BU with a hat trick while Bob Dupuis had a goal and 2 assists. The Terriers built off the win, taking the next three games, 10-of-11 and 15-of-17, including winning the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament and the Terriers first Beanpot Championship, before stumbling down the stretch to finish 17-5-1.

1 December

1936: Boston University opened the season facing off against their rival from across the river, M.I.T. The Terriers totally dominated the Engineers at Boston Arena, winning 7-1. Gerry Desrosiers, the Terriers first 50-goal and 100-point scorer, scored 4 of his 53 career goals and, with 2 assists, 6 of his 101 career points in the game. For the 1936-37 season Desrosiers finished with 23 goals and 11 assists for 34 points in 14 games. BU captain Russell Lynch scored 2 goals and William Freeman scored once while goalie Robert Colburn held MIT to a single goal.

30 November

1977: Terriers nip Dartmouth, 3-2, on goals by Billy Cotter, Darryl MacLeod and future Olympic gold medal winner David Silk and Brian Durocher’s 28 saves. The win was the first of nine one-goal wins for BU en route to a 30-2-0 record and the program’s third national championship.

29 November

1998: On the strength of five power play goals, BU avenged a 2-0 defeat the previous season at Appleton Arena by doubling up St. Lawrence, 6-3, at Walter Brown Arena. A pair of goals by Jeff Kealty and the game-winner by Greg Quebec led the way.

1969: The Terriers, led by seniors Larry Davenport, Dick Toomey and Mike Hyndman, kicked off their season blanking Yale, 5-o. It was the first career shutout for Tim Regan.

28 November

1989: Joe Sacco scored twice and Scott Cashman won his fourth straight game in goal as the Terriers upended Boston College, 6-2, at Conte Forum. Terrier captain Mike Sullivan--later the Bruins head coach--. Mike Bavis, Rob Regan and Darin Mac Donald also had BU goals

1962: Jack Kelley (photo), a former All-East defenseman and team MVP, returned to BU as head coach succeeding Harry Cleverly, and launched his decade-long tenure as the Terrier's "Mentor" with a 5-4 win over Rensselaer, 5-4, at Boston Arena. Kelley's first squad won just seven games, but in his third season, the Terriers were back among the nation's elite programs. His .717 career winning percentage (204-78-8) is the best of an BU coach.

27 November -- Happy Thanksgiving

1970: BU began its season against the new St. Louis University program and provided a glimpse of the dominance to come. Junior center John Danby registered a hattrick and fellow junior Tim Regan (photo) fashioned a shutout in the Terriers' 8-0 win. Sophomore center Steve Dolloff added a pair in his first varsity game. The win was the first of thirteen in the team’s initial 14 games with only a tie with Harvard marring the record. BU would go on to win its first National Championship, beating Minnesota in the title game.

1971: Defending national champion BU dedicated its new home ice, the Walter Brown Memorial Rink, beating Yale 6-3. The Elis jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but BU erased that on power play goals by Ron Anderson and John Danby and took the lead on Ric Jordan’s rebound goal.

SPECIAL BONUS ENTRY
1993: Football, not hockey, but one of the most thrilling days ever in Boston University sports. The undefeated (11-0) Terriers met Northern Iowa in the first round of the Div. IAA playoffs at Nickerson Field. The Panthers, led by future NFLers Kurt Warner and Dedric Ward surged ahead, 21-6 early in the third quarter. BU was on the ropes, but a 48-yard fumble return by John Schaeffer gave the Terriers life. In the fourth quarter, QB Robert Dougherty engineered a 92-yard scoring drive, then hit Jason Andrade in the corner of the end zone for a two-point extra conversion to tie the score and force overtime. Neither team scored in the first overtime and BU’s field goal attempt in the second OT was blocked. But a face mask call gave BU a second chance and Zack Burwell burst the final four yards into the end zone for a dramatic win. Members of the BU hockey team, dressed for practice, had come upstairs from Brown Arena and were standing in the back of the end zone when Burwell scored. Video of the comeback win is provided in two clips narrated byDoug Brown: 1 (game begins at the 6:00 mark) and 2.

Dozens of BU athletics video clips are accessible in the Sports Illustrated Vault. Enjoy.